ruby received her visa today from delbros in DAVAO , but was told not to open envelope until she is at immigration. is this right? it seems to me you should open it to check it. i want her ,and me , to SEE it before i book her flights thanks for the feed back douie and ruby

douie-

whatever u do - do not open it i was told that it contains your petition and all the evidence you sent in... thats all i know. i know how u feel about it. i thought what if someone put something in it that isn't to be in there. like drugs and whatever!!! but i seen on here that its just all the evidence you had sent in to start the petition...

someone quote me is this right!!!

thanks

The envelope that is to be presented at the POE to the immigration officers should not be opened!

Hi, the delbros will send you two package ...

one plastic contain your passport - this is the one she COULD OPEN because you gonna need your passport at the airport and she should check it if there's any mistake or error in her information at her US visa attached in her passport.

the other package is like a dark yellow or light brown envelope which has cut in the right corner of the envelope that you could see all the documents you and her submitted at the start of the application. this SHOULD NOT BE OPEN, she gonna submit this at her POE - point of entry in US immigration. You could see a paper like note that t"this packet should not be open" then it really is because if she mistakingly open it, she needs to bring it back to US embassy in Manila to repacked it again.

goodluck!

Thats right, do NOT open it or she'll have to go to the embassy to get it resealed!
She did get the one with her passport right?, I think the visa is attached to her PP.

ruby was told that the 1 envelop contains all-- including her visa

Has she opened the express package received from the consulate? Does she have her passport? The visa is in her passport and not in side the sealed envelope.

ruby now says it is only the plastic envelop she recieved, she can see her passport . but there is note with envelop not to open it

If it is only 1 package from delbros that is not like a plastic, i guess it is the main package of the entire package... it should contain a plastic of her passport and a plastic of the yellow envelope.

US visa should be attached in her passport, and she needs her passport as she enter Philippine Airport, if she shouldnt open it and she said the visa inside, she cant enter Phil airport premises and leave the country. where's her passport anyway??

If its the entire package since it was sent to the province, i guess the passport and the yellow envelope thats SHOULDNT BE OPEN are inside. Be careful then if you open it ... and be careful too not to open the yellow envelope contains documents, you could see it through the small cut on the right side of the yellow envelope thats documents where inside it.

Well, hopefully some people received their delbros package at some provinces could help out, Im from Manila and i received my packet in 2 plastic contains my passport with visa & the other is the envelope of documents.

god bless!

She can open the plastic envelope to retrieve her passport but should not open the other envelope inside the plastic one as this is what gets presented at the POE

If she could see through her passport in the plastic ... open the plastic carefully for her to take the passport, and then she could see a yellow envelope inside that is been noted not to be opened.

Don't be to confused about this, she just need to be carefully opening the plastic then. She needs her passport or else she cant leave the country. the ENVELOPE that contains documents is the one not to be OPEN.

how can cfo put their stamp on her visa /passport if it is not to be opened?

I think you are confused about what we are telling you what can be opened and what cannot be opened. She needs to open the plastic ennvelope to retrieve her passport. Her passport is where her visa is. There is also a yeelow/brown sealed envelope accompanying her passport contained withing the plastic envelope that should remain sealed.

Why do people get confused by this? The large plastic envelope contains 2 things, the passport and the sealed brown envelope, the package can be opened to remove the 2 items, the plastic envelope can be discarded if you wish just don't open the second item the sealed brown envelope that has the seals on it and the notation to be opened by POE officer. You will need the passport in-order to fly, and to check if the visa attached to the passport is correct.

Note: This question seems to be asked 1 or 2 times every week.

the confusion arises from 2 cultures trying to blend and understand the nuiances of language--- ruby has now --thru verbal extraction on my part-- that it is indee the plastic envelope, containing both items .
the passport and the brown envelop. when told not to open she follows directions. i forget how literal people of her culture are. they follow directions without question . very un-american haha. thanks for all the help

the CFO stamp and sticker will be put into her passport, so she needs to open the plastic to retrieve her passport...... tell her the yellow envelope is the one not to be open.


I understand the situation, davao is one of the provinces of Phils that has their own provincial language, not unlike me i'm a straight tagalog & english speaker because i grew up in manila city. And being her to be cautious is very understandable in this kind of process.

goodluck!

DON'T OPEN THE ENVELOPE!!!

i attended the guidance and counseling seminar given by ST. Mary's Euphrasia in cebu city since I am from Cebu. I have to do it as it is one of the requirements for fiancees/spouses who will get a passport for the first time. It was clearly instructed there that the yellow envelope shouldnt be opened, otherwise you need to send it back to US Embassy in Manila to be resealed.

Some of the fiancees/spousals who were attending the pre-departure seminar has showed us the package they received from the embassy. They received only 1 big plastic envelope that contains the brown/yellow envelope which is labeled "do not open" and the passport which is outside the brown envelope (but of the same plastic envelope). We were also cautioned to check if the brown/yellow envelope has a signature and a US embassy seal at the lower portion in one of its side. If there is none it should be mailed back to the US Embassy in Manila. It has to be checked because it happened before that there was no signature and US embassy seal and the fiancee/spouse was denied of the entry at POE.

The visa is inside the passport. Just flip the pages...If she attended already the guidance and counseling seminar prior to having the visa, all she has to do is to go to the CFO office, bring the CFO certificate and the receipt given to her after attending the seminar and have the CFO stamp be affixed. However, if she wasnt able to attend the seminar, she can go to either Manila or Cebu St. Mary's Euphrasia office since there are only two designated offices to conduct the seminar in the Philippines.

Just a little comment...Im sorry but I beg to disagree when you say " i forget how literal people of her culture are. they follow directions without question . very un-american haha". Im a Filipina who grew up in the province,Cebu, but I never absorbed things as what is told..I always ask clarifications either by calling the designated office or agency or search for further info..... Just a comment by the way....an insight....


Marie

Your fiancee is just being very cautious which is NICE and COMMENDABLE since she is not sure of on what to do. Otherwise, if she will open the wrong envelope then it might only delay the time of you being together.....


Congratz for having the visa!!! Best wishes!!!!


Marie

Ohh go ahead and confuse them some more!

The answer should be don't open the sealed brown envelope that is inside the clear envelope, it is OK to open the clear outer envelope to get the passport. The embassy would not be so stupid to put the passport IN THE BROWN ENVELOPE AND SEAL IT IN THERE.

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I think another reason for the confusion is that it states on the brown envelope that this is your visa

What ever you ABSOLUTELY DO NOT OPEN IT!!!!!! If you do, they will automatically think you are trying to tamper with the visa which they will turn you right back!!! A friend of mine brought her fiance here from Russia and he almost opened his and they told him that if he does, he won't cross....PLEASE DON'T DO THAT TO YOURSELF.....YOU WAITED TOO LONG....CONGRATULATIONS to you both!!